HALLELUJAH IT IS TACO TUESDAY IN LOS ANGELES!
Order has been RESTORED to what it was before the feds showed up!
TRUMP 👏🏼 ALWAYS 👏🏼 CHICKENS 👏🏼 OUT!
"US military to remove 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles"
3/3🧵: as #graduation season is in full swing, #UK #students from top #universities are staging #protests in support of #Palestine. On Thursday #Cambridge #university students waved #Palestinian flags and/or #keffiyeh, wearing traditional dress at their graduation ceremony and demanded their uni follow Kings' example and #divest from #Israel & #genocide.
Next Ship in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Leaves Sunday
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/13/next-ship-in-gaza-freedom-flotilla-leaves-sunday/
The ship named for a cartoon figure of a barefoot refugee child leaves on Sunday from a port in Augusta, Sicily, Ann Wright reports. By Ann Wright As the genocide of Palestinians continues with the daily massacres of hundreds of…
#Politics#Commentary #Gaza#Genocide#HumanRights#InternationalcriminalCourt(icc) #Israel #Palestine#Protests#AnnWright#ChrisSmalls#ConvoyOfConscience#FreedomFlotillaCoalition’s(ffc) #GazaFreedomFlotilla #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #Handala#Madleen
WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202
"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.
"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.
"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.
"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'
"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.
"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'
"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside ' #doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'
"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.
"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.
"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
#ACAB #FusionCenters#Fascism#Authoritarianism#Resistance#Journalism#PoliceState#CriminalizingDissent#Protestors#Protest#USPol#CriminalizingProtest#Orwell#BigBrother#DoublePlusUngood#SurveillanceState#NaziPatrol#NineteenEightyFour
Okay here is my very simple concept for a #FediCard - a "business card" that encourages people to join the #Fediverse and links to @_elena 's explanatory video.
My idea is that people can hand these out at #protests, political organizations, and so forth - where politically active people gather who already have had bad experiences with commercial social media.
The back side could be customized further to list an instance which is most relevant to the place where you want to share them - for example, I want to print a variant for the gruene.social #Mastodon instance.
I will certainly try to apply my meagre #design skills to make this more appealing, but first I wanted to hear what you all think of this concept, and what your suggestions for improvement are.
(Note: If you want to play around with the design, I have made it available in #SVG / #Inkscape format. The template has the 85 x 55 mm size for European business cards, so you will want to adjust it for other regions.)
#FediHelp
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JxwrLkpvuBaAcRMLFoEjbIXJnhO-bs3r
They keep it up until the hotel kicks ICE out. Mind you, it doesn't always take very long, because the hotels generally hate ICE too and do not book them knowingly.
I have created an US-sized (3.5x2in) version of the #FediCard , as well as written some explanations and instructions.
I would really appreciate if someone here who participates in the upcoming #NoKings #protests for #July4th would print some of these out, distributed them, and told me what the reaction of the recipients was.
Zohran Mamdani responds after Trump threatens arrest
It's on! Trump is trumpcasting* in #ZohranMamdani's direction, threatening arrest and deportation.
#MamdaniForMayorNYC
#UnderstandMamdani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1V5K_ZlBx4
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Take seriously these immature but dangerous pathological fascist dystopians!!! These people are SICK!
There are more of us than them. Not only in #NY, but across the U.S. and beyond its borders.
It's up to #PeoplePower, #InternationalPeoplePower, #humanrights #lawyers, #protests, #boycotts, etc to stop this bullshit!
Here is the fourth iteration of my #FediCard . The idea is to hand these out at #protests , political organizations, and anywhere else where people might be receptive to leaving corporate social media behind.
The QR code links to @_elena 's explanatory video of the #Fediverse .
In this iteration, I have included some variants for different front and back sides. There is a front side specifically made for the #NoKings protests.
I've also made various back sides that either lead to the "landing page" of different systems, or which list the user name of specific users (in this case me). You could put your own user name there, and use this to connect to other Fediverse users in the real world.
For the next step I need some more #FediHelp feedback:
1. Are there any other "landing sites" for major #Fediverse systems I should add? I mean "landing sites" in the sense that you can pick a specific server, not how to host your own, since I want to make joining the Fediverse as simple as possible for newbies.
2. Are there any #GraphicDesign issues that I need to take care of with these pages?
3. If you have #Inkscape (you can download it at https://inkscape.org/ ), can you check if you have any problems with modifying the #SVG files for your own purposes? (Such as making a back side with your own user name.)
Once I am satisfied with this version, I will make a variant with the American 3.5×2 inch size - the current version uses the European 85x55 mm standard.
I am also willing to make translations for other languages but (unless the text is in German) you will have to provide a translation. I am further willing to make variants for specific protests.
Although it is my hope that people will use the files and ideas I have provided, and come up with their own variants.
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